1. Supporting Reading in
Secondary Schools
Choosing texts and supporting enjoyment of reading
for junior secondary school students
Senga White, Library Manager, James Hargest College
4. Resources to help:
Blogs
Subscribe to a few to keep current with what’s
popular and what’s being published
Bob’s Books
Create Readers
Book Trailers for Kids and Young Adults
SLANZA Reading Lists
9. EPIC
Free to all schools in New Zealand
Books and Authors & Literature Resource
Databases
www.tki.org.nz/epic
Each school has a unique user name and
password
10. Genres
Short Stories
Picture Books
High Interest Non Fiction
Popular Fiction
Classics
Verse Novels
Graphic Novels
Quick Reads
New Books
Poetry
11. How Hargest Library
supports reading
Reading for Enjoyment programme
Collections of resources via Livebinders
Enjoyment of Reading
English Text Resources
Regular library visits
Book reviews and reading
Reading competitions
12. Ideas for teachers:
Consider running Literature Circles
Have regular class Book Reviews or
discussions – possibly a class chart
to map reading and genres
Book regular library visits
Read to your classes
Finally ….. Be a reader!!